Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley, a Gauteng couple, have been denied bail by the Randburg Magistrate's Court. They are accused of running a child pornography distribution operation. Magistrate Pravina Raghunandan stated that releasing the couple on bail would jeopardize public safety and the interests of justice.
Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley's bail applications have been denied.The Randburg Magistrate's Court has denied bail for Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley, a Gauteng couple accused of running a child pornography distribution operation.
, handed down on Friday, Magistrate Pravina Raghunandan said the couple's release on bail would undermine public peace and safety and would jeopardise the interests of justice.was arrested in Midrand on January 17. Moodley, 25, was arrested on January 23 in Houghton. During Wilken's arrest, police said a team of investigators attached to the national and Gauteng provincial Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations units led by the Component Head for Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences , raided his home where they found a number of electronic devices suspected to contain child sexual abuse material were confiscated.
"A forensic analysis of these devices was conducted on scene by cyber crime experts, an estimated 10 million child pornography images and videos have been detected thus far," police said. Moodley, a web designer was nabbed days later.
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